PapaJ
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"Just a Conduit"
Male
53 years old
Garden Grove, CALIFORNIA
United States
Last Login:7/26/2008
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PapaJ's Interests
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| General | Music, Movies, and more Music! | | Music | I'm primarily a progressive rock lover going way back to the 70's with groups like Genesis, Yes and Gentle Giant, and now the new wave of prog including groups like Spock's Beard, Dream Theater, The Flower Kings, Izz, Frost, Echolyn...
I also am a fan of "power-pop" including groups like Spiraling, The Verve Pipe, Sugarbomb and Owsley.
I am actively involved in promoting progressive rock music in the Southern California area. I have a small production company called PapaJ's Productions and am the founder of CalProg. We put on a festival each summer in Whittier featuring some of the best prog bands in the world. We also do periodic "one off" concerts throughout the year. We have hosted Neal Morse and the Testimony tour, The Musical Box, and will be hosting Mike Portnoy's tribute to the Who called Amazing Journey on May 27, 2006. We also have a semi-regular prog showcase called "CalProg Nights" that is held at the wonderful Fullerton jazz club called Steamers. You can find more information about these events at the official website: ..http://www.calprog.com.. | | Movies | Love Sci-Fi and other standard geekish fare. | | Television | I believe that TIVO will cause the downfall of Western civilization. I haven't left home on a weekend since I got it 2 years ago because I can't seem to catch up on my shows. Favorite shows include Criminal Minds, Heroes, House, Monk, Battlestar Gallactica, all the flavors of Law and Order and CSI, Lost, ER, Vegas, Ghost Whisperer (especially the weekly gratuitous cleavage shot from Jennifer Love Hewitt), Numb3rs, and Boston Legal to name a few. I suppose 24 should go in here although I think the only way to watch it is on DVD. Each new season incapacitates me for 2-3 weeks as I become a Bauer junkie. | | Books | Isn't this what people used to do before they invented DVDs? |
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So Cal Prog Discussions, Which One's Pink?™ A Tribute to Pink Floyd, and a song mightier than the pen, Over 40 and Fine!, Progressive Rock, Christians Into Progressive Rock, Music Whore Group
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PapaJ's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Whittier, Calif. | | Body type: | 5' 8" | | Ethnicity: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Sagittarius | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | DBA |
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PapaJ's Schools
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California State University-Dominguez Hills
Carson,California
Graduated: 1976
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Music
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1975 to 1976 |
Rio Hondo College
Whittier,California
Graduated: 1975
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major: Music
Minor: Programming
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1972 to 1975 |
Arcadia High
Arcadia,California
Graduated: 1972
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
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1970 to 1972 |
Pioneer High
Whittier,California
Graduated: 1972
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Titan Tones
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1969 to 1970 |
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CalProg 2008 Tickets On Sale Now + LTE Pics
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Neal Morse and Band to Play Downey Theater in SoCal
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New Website - Papajarchives.com
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CalProg Announces Presto Ballet
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Liquid Tension Experiment 10th Anniv. Tour
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About me:
I'm a data warehouse manager by day, a progressive rock DJ by night, and a concert promoter in my spare time. I have 4 children because I didn't want 5! And of course there's my lovely wife, 2 dogs and 2 cats. 
I also help organize the west coast progressive rock festival CalProg.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Socrates so I could question his methods, Plato so I could point out that his views on moderation were excessive, and Immanuel Kantt so I could tell him that a nihilistic existentialist is just a pessimist with committment issues, Groucho Marx so I could learn that wacky walk, and his brother Karl so we could go out cruising for prolateriate Betties together.
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